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Ensuring Timely Access to Medicaid and SSI/SSDI for People with Mental Illness Released from Prison

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Of the 2.1 million people incarcerated in US prisons, an estimated 8 to 16 percent have mental illness.
Author(s)
Council of State Governments Justice Center
State
Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas


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